Book Title: Jain Legend Vol 2
Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana
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The woman thought for a while and mentioned the names of important people from her paternal side and in-laws side. She also narrated how she was abducted and sold by the dacoits to the older prostitute.
Ashamed of himself, the youth bowed down at her feet and said, “Oh Mother! It's me -your unfortunate son from whom the robbers separated you. By the grace of God, both of us have been saved from committing an abhorrent sin”.
Later on, the youth paid a huge amount as demanded by the old prostitute and took his mother with him to his town.
After narrating the episode, Jamb Kum ra asked Prabhava, “Had he not been cautioned by the deity, in what way he would have used his money?”
Prabhava said, “In the most shameful and condemned way".
Jamb Kum ra then asked one more question, “Prabhava! After being known about their filial bond, do you think that at any point of time, the young lad will desire to make love to his prostitute-turned mother?”
Prabhava immediately replied, “Never, not even in his wildest dreams”.
Jamb Kum ra said, “The one who is enlightened by listening to the preaching of the omniscient can save himself from committing any kind of immoral and obnoxious deeds, but not the one who is infatuated by senses and ignorance. In fact it is only by acquiring knowledge that one can get rid of all types of sorrows and miseries”.
This time, Prabhava saluted to Jamb Sw m with veneration and said, "Sw m ! Complying with the worldly law, beget a son and please your ancestors. The ancestors are benefitted through obsequies offered by a son. Sagacious persons say that the one who is freed from the debt of a father (by continuing the lineage by begetting a son) lives in heaven after his death. An old adage says that the person who is devoid of a son has no salvation; he will not get a place in heaven".
Jamb Sw m replying to Prabhava's artifice said, “Prabhava! Whatever you said about getting free from the indebtedness of the ancestors by
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